Juan Mora Catlett has undertaken the most extensive and detailed reconstruction of Aztec society ever produced in cinema, bringing...archaeological sites back to life, repopulating them with the music, the language, the art, the brilliant colors, the customs, the dress, and the political and social relations of this once mighty society, all within the context of retelling one of the most powerful surviving Aztec myths. With dialogue spoken entirely in Nahuatl, the native language still used widely throughout Mexico, Return to Aztlan tells the story of the Emperor Moctezuma and his efforts to end a disastrous four-year drought. He sends two groups of emissaries to Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs, to seek mercy from the goddess Coatlicue....Told in a visual style of successive tableaux which resemble Aztec story paintings, (and with music made with pre-Columbian instruments), Return to Aztlan is a sumptuous and unforgettable mythical adventure.